14 Territory film makers are in Melbourne pitching NT stories to the annual Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC).

With more than 1000 attendees from across the country, attendees will have an opportunity to pitch their film opportunities to potential buyers.

Screen Territory participates in the annual Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC) and this year marks the largest contingent of participants to attend the conference. In 2016 nine participants attended the conference.

Participants this year include attendees from Central Australia and the Top End.

As a highlight to the program, artists nationally were able to apply to attend FACTory, an international pitching event for factual screen content.

Darwin based Emma Masters was selected as one of 10, to pitch at this coveted initiative which will allow her to pitch her project ‘Invisibles’, at Federation Square’s stunning Deakin Edge auditorium.

Local filmmaker Emma Masters said the Invisibles looked at the growing number of women travelling solo around Australia and viewed this trend against the backdrop of the social phenomenon commonly called the invisible syndrome.

"The syndrome is said to occur for many women when they hit their 50s.

"It's a time when women feel they fade into the background - their kids have left home, they are overlooked in shops and restaurants, they are often undervalued in the office and their stories are rarely seen on screen.

"Our TV series and multiplatform project aims to change that," she said.

The project follows a select group of women as they journey into the centre of Australia to try to break the world record for the number of women camping in one place.

"We see them try to change a tyre for the first time, we watch them as they face tough challenges on the road and we join them as they witness the beautiful Australian landscape, for many for the first time.

"We explore what has driven them to pack up, leave everything behind and head into the Australian outback," she said.

FACTory is a significant international pitching platform that will allow Ms Masters to pitch to a live audience, including major international and national decision makers such as the BBC, Discovery Networks International, ABC and Vice Australia.

Last year Ms Masters sold her project ‘Liar of the Killer Crocs’ to Animal Plant which aired on Foxtel in September 2016 in Australia and New Zealand. As part of this Emma was able to go to America to edit this project. The idea was developed at a Screen Territory initiative Realisator.

The Northern Territory Government is committed to supporting the development of screen artists and filmmakers.

For more information on Screen Territory visit www.screenterritory.nt.gov.au

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Media contact: or interviews with Emma Masters please contact Department of Tourism and Culture 0448 698 409.